Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-05-07

1aOernlClc EtllS lli}Iu uS "uo t'''
tor, Rev.T. Dewitt Talmaga,D. ID
read from the Book Of Proyerb
some lessons about honest thrift
He then gave out the hymn begin
ming:
ssThe strife will mt he lolT-
This tlay the noise Of battle,
The next the victor's song. "
The boy choir chanted an open
ing and closing selection. Dr.. Tai
mage's discourse was entitled "Be
hind the Counter; or, Trials AM
Bncouragements of Statesmen ant
Saleswomen.n He took the twf
following passages as bis text: "a
certain woman Lydia, a sellerso
purple, cityof ThYatira, which
svorshiippeds GD j, heard us; whose
iii q Isni il
s III: sSeest thou "a man diligenJ in
his BUSINESS he shall stand before
kings Proverbs xii, 20. The
preacher slid:
The first passage introduces to
You Lydia,a Christian merchantesS
Her business is to deal in purple
cloths or silks. She is not Il gig
Cling nonenlty, buta practical wo-
man, not ashamed to work for hel
living. All the other women OF
Phillippi and Thyatirs have been
forgotten; but God has made i'm
mortal in our text Lydia, the Christ
ian saIeswoman.
The other text shows You a man
with head,anl hand, rnd heart. and
foot all busy toiIng on up until he
gains "a princelv success. ''Seest
thou man diligentin his uusinessY
he shall stand bef,re kings" Great
encouragement in these two pas.
Sages for men and women who will
be busy. but no soiace for those
who are waiting for good luck to
show them, at the foot of the rain
bow, casket OF buried gold. Ills
folly for anybody in this world to
wait for something to turn up. 1t
will turn down. The law OF thrift
is as memorable as the law of the
tides. Fortune, the magician, may
wave her arm in that direction un.
til castles and palaces come; but
she will, after Il while. invert the
same wind, and all the .splendors
will vanish into thin air: There are
certain styles OF behavior which
lead to usefulness, honor and per-
manent success, and there are Ger
taiu styles of behavior which lead
to dust, dishonor and moral default,
I would like to fire the ambition OF
young people l have no sympathy
with those who would prepare tue
young folks for life by whiting
down their expectations. That man
coweu uowi.- me business OF
Christianity is not to qnench but
to direct human ambition. There
fore IT is that 1 come out this morn
inr and utter words Of encourage
ment to those who are occupied as
clerks in the stores, and shops,and
banking-houses OF the country. YOU
say: "Why select one class, an L,
talk to one specially this morning.
For the same reason that a surgeon
does not open the doorot a hosplta
and throw in n bushel of prescrip
tions. saying: "Come, now, ant
Get your medicine" He first feel
the pnise, watches the symptoms
and then prescribes for that partic
lar case. So to day | must be spe
citc. The people IN this audlenc
who are clerks are rot all eAceE
tional class. They belong to
great company oftens OF thousand
who are in this country, amid Gil
cumstances which will make Q
break them for time and for etc
njtv. I should be very slow to nc
knowledge that the clerks, ma
and female, of other cities, are an
more honest or faithful than IL
clerks of our own city. Many
these people have already achieve
a Christian manliness and Christie
womanliness which will be the
, passport to any position. l ha'
, seen their trials. ! have watch!
their perplexities. There are evl
abroad which need to be hunt'
down, and dragged out into {
, MONDAY light.
i In the first place, I counsel cler
J, to remember that for the part tint
:, cIerkship is only a school fire.
e which they are to be graduated.
Y II takes about eight years to G
S one OF the learned professions.
: takes about Height years to get
6 be IL merchant. Some OF you "
be clerks all of your lives, but t
vast majority Of you are only II
transient position. After avn
some December day, the head N
= = Of tile firm will call you into
I back Office, and they will say
u =, YOU: s.Now, you have done well
us; we are going to do well by y
y We invite you to have an inter
d. in our concern" You will bow
G. that edict very gracefully. {
e e. ting into a street car to go no
y an old comrade will meet you
= say: "What makes. you looS
u u happy tonight" "O,' you
r Il, say, '.nothing, nothing" But
~ few days your nitrne will olosS
~ ~ on the sign. Either in the stor'
, bank where you are now, or
ny some other store or bank, you
aP t,l-a a higher position than